📢SPECIAL EDITION🎉🎈🥳
🌟 With this short week, we're just taking a moment to feel thankful for the good stuff. 🍂 Huge thanks to all who make life richer and shape our community. 🙏✨ Wishing you a fantastic break—filled with good times and great company! 🦃🍁
🌟 With a short week, we're skipping the small talk and diving straight into the good stuff. 🚀 💪 Here's to all the good that happens around Pender County Schools! 📚✨
SO MUCH GOOD GOING ON ACROSS THE DISTRICT!!
From North Topsail Elementary - Thank you dolphin families for supporting the Boosterthon Fundraiser and we hope everyone had a great time at the glow run today!! We are excited to share that we reached our monetary goal of $30,000!!! Monday will bring Admin scooter races and turning the Admin into ice cream sundaes!!
From Heide Trask High - Congratulations to our varsity cheerleaders who placed 2nd at the Coastal Regional Competition! We are so proud of you!
From Malpass Corner Elementary - Congratulations to our Eagles of the Week for having "Ownership" of their behavior while in the bathroom. Our Eagles SOAR all day, every day!!
From Cape Fear Elementary - Camp invention, catching air event! Miss Smith's class designed skateboards, riders, and skate parks to investigate force and motion.
South Topsail Elementary - STE 2nd graders made their own butter and enjoyed a feast for lunch Friday.
From Surf City Elementary - Ms. Natalie Tidler, an elementary education major at UNCW, is completing her Fall internship at Surf City Elementary. She has been observing, assisting, and participating in Dr. Martin and Ms. Full’s classrooms this semester. This past week, she taught her first lesson in Dr. Martin’s classroom on how to protect endangered species! She has done an amazing job and we cannot wait to see all the great things she will do for children.
From Topsail High - Congratulations to the Topsail High Coast Guard JROTC Raider team for their performance at the Raider Challenge competition hosted by Pender High School Army JROTC on Saturday November 18th. Topsail Coast Guard JROTC Raiders competed in their first-ever Raider competition against 7 Army JROTC teams from across the region. The team won first place overall for the competition. In individual events, the team placed first in the Knot Tying Relay, and the Team Physical Fitness Challenge, and they placed third in the team 5k run, the Logistics Race, and the Rope Bridge event. Congratulations and Bravo Zulu to Team Captain Cadet Emma Danford, and Cadets Dylan Bennett, McKenzie Dendy, Chloe Dzyerzynski, Chrisalee Garofolo, and Kolby Livings. Great job Raiders! -- THS CGJROTC would like to thank PHS Army JROTC' Raider Team for their mentorship and outstanding support in helping to establish a CGJROTC Raider Team... Thank you shipmates!
From Surf City Middle - Congratulations to our Hand Turkey Art winners! 3rd-Makayla Parmentier, 2nd-Landon Hairr, and 1st-Brooke McClellan. Thanks to WalMart for sponsoring this contest and providing gift cards as prizes! Great job, Sharks!
From Pender High - Many thanks to those of you who came out to our NTHS inductions this afternoon! Over 40 students were inducted today into our National Technical Honor Society. A special thank you to Mr. Bates and our senior NTHS members for making this ceremony a great one! #PatriotPride
From Burgaw Middle - Come visit 🌟Ms. Cavenaugh's🌟 classroom during teacher planning and student PA times at 🏴🚩BMS🚩🏴!! 🎁The Making Scents Store🎁 is open from Monday through Friday. Come get all of your favorite holiday gifts, jewelry, & more!! Made by Ms. Cavenaugh's very own Red😈Devils!!
From Rocky Point Elementary - Our Rocky Point Rams are gearing up for Thanksgiving! What is something you're thankful for? Well, we are thankful for our amazing school community - students, families, and staff. We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday!
From Pender Early College High - PECSH students at the Cucalorus Film Festival
From Topsail Annandale Elementary - Friday was a fun day to be at TAES! As a reward for reaching our fundraising goal, Mrs Wilson agreed to kiss a pig 🐷. But we exceeded our goal, so lots of other teachers and staff agreed to join in the fun! We’d like to thank Flew the Coop Farm for brining Missy the 🐖 to our campus! And a special thanks to Julie O'Neill Photography for catching some fun images of the day!
From Penderlea School - The 8th Graders attended a career fair on Friday.
From West Pender Middle - WPMS has a lot of be thankful for!
From Topsail Middle - The Seventh Grade went on a field trip to beautiful Camp Kirkwood! Students participated in team building activities that challenged them to think outside the box. Connecting to Science, students explored the woods for invertebrates and learned how to read a map and use a compass to navigate in case of a zombie apocalypse.
We are excited to invite everyone to our STEAM Night on November 30th from 4:30pm-6pm. Families are invited to participate in various activities related to Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics. Elective classes will also be showcased. Pizza will be provided and students can earn a Grizzly Buck for coming. See you on November 30th.
🥳SAVE THE DATE🥳!!! BMS' PBIS & Student Support invite you to 🕺🏽Sneaker Ball🕺🏽A Dress to Impress Event👗👔!! Mark your calendar for December 15th. See flyer details below!! 💃🏽🔥🕺
🌟The BMS PTO🌟 needs YOUR help with 3 parents at ⚽ALL HOME SOCCER GAMES⚽ to generate proceeds to go towards athletic👕uniforms & other needs. Signup 📄sheets are in the front office. Let's work together to help our athletes look top 🎽notch while they compete!!😎🔥😎
PLE news - Book Fair, December 4-8, 2023 - https://www.scholastic.com/bf/penderleaelementaryschool1
The West Pender Beta Club is selling raffle tickets to raise money for the state convention! Enter to win 4 passes to the Polar Ice Skate House in Wilmington! Contact Ms. Miller or a Beta Club member to purchase your raffle tickets!
Another new class to check out for next semester at Pender High School!
ROTC Blood drive - help out YOUR community by donating blood! Sign up with PHS ROTC.
To honor those who served this Holiday season we are kicking off our annual Wreaths Across America campaign & fundraiser. Time has flown, and we are about one month from Wreaths Across America Day, December 16, 2023. We hope that you will consider sponsoring wreaths at Wilmington National Cemetery, or another location of your choice. No matter the location, please use the Topsail High School Music Booster's page to support Wreaths Across America. **Please scan the QR code in the image above to go directly to our page**
Pender County Schools is teaming up with Cape Fear Navigating Change to help spread the word about their survey. This survey is all about Cape Fear Navigating Change 2050, which is a big plan for how residents handle transportation in our region over the next 25 years. The plan looks at things like airplanes, bikes and walking paths, ferries, trains, buses, and roads to make sure they meet our community's needs. Take the survey HERE
Having trouble getting connected to our new communication tool? Join us at C.F. Pope Elementary on November 28 to learn more and get connected if you are not already! The new PCS communication tool provides many opportunities for parents to stay informed and engaged with school and classroom updates, activities, and expectations.
🌟 Pender County Schools is excited to announce a $5,000 signing bonus for full-time teachers in Math, EC, Science, and Pender Innovate Learning Academy. ✏️ Be part of our mission to inspire and educate young minds. We welcome retirees (meeting NC Return to Work laws) to join us too! #ExperienceTheExcellence 📚 APPLY HERE
Pender County Schools is offering a signing bonus of $2,500 for school bus drivers joining our team 💰🎁Starting pay for drivers is $15/hr 🚌Join our team of committed drivers, providing a vital service to students and their families - APPLY HERE
🔥 This year, we're committed to engaging students in exciting experiential learning activities that will prepare them for their futures. These experiences are designed to equip our students with the skills needed for enrollment, enlistment, or employment upon graduation. We're proud to offer incredible opportunities in Career and Technical Education! 🛠️👩🔬👨🎓 Click HERE for the latest from CTE Director Dominique Bates #CTEforNC #ExperienceTheExcellence
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